STENNING, LESLIE GERALD, Lieut. and acting Capt., 6th Battn. The Essex Regt. (T.F.), yst. s. of Henry Stenning, of 16, Norfolk Road, Seven King’s, Civil Servant, by his wife, Selina, dau. of Richard Coleman; b. Ilford, co. Essex, 25 Feb. 1894; educ. County High School there; was a Bank Clerk; obtained a 2nd Lieutenancy in the Essex Territorials 1 Oct. 1913, and was promoted Lieut. 16 Oct. 1914; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, 24 July, 1915; acted as Capt. from 3 Aug., and died on H.M. Hospital Ship Soudan on the 13th, from wounds received in action there; unm.

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STANNARD, GORDON, L.-Corpl., No. 7995, 2nd Battn. Essex Regt., s. of David Stannard, of Kirton, near Ipswich, by his wife, Cecelia; b. Kirton, near Ipswich, 29 Dec. 1886; educ. Trimley Road School; enlisted at Ipswich, 5 July, 1904; went to France, 6 Jan. 1915, and died in Boulogne Hospital, 21 Feb. 1915, of wounds received in action. He m. at All Saints’ Church, Dovercourt, 9 Sept. 1914, Evelyn May (Red House Farm, Trimley St. Martin, near Ipswich), dau. of John (and Ellen) Churchyard, and had a dau.: Victoria Gladys May, b. 19 Dec. 1914, and d. 29 July, 1915.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1